| A | B |
|---|
| Qing Dynasty | China's last dynasty. |
| Pastoralist | Nomads that herd domesticated animals. |
| Clans | Groups of people descended from a common ancestor. |
| Genghis Khan | Universal Ruler of the Mongol clans. |
| Ottomans | Followers of Osman, also known as Othman. |
| Sultan | Meaning 'overlord' or 'one with power'; the title of Ottoman rulers in the Ottoman Empire. |
| Janissary | Member of an elite force of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire. |
| Taj Mahal | Tomb of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's wife. |
| Ming Dynasty | Dynasty which saw China become a dominant power in Asia. |
| Pax Mongolica | Meaning the 'Mongol Peace'; the period in which Mongols imposed stability and law across much of Eurasia. |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Treaty between Portugal and Span that gave Spain all land west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal all land east. |
| Dutch East India Company | Founded in the early 17th century to establish and direct trade throughout Asia. |
| conquistadors | "Spanish soldiers, explorers, and forune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century." |
| colony | Land controlled by another nation. |
| Pilgrims/Puritans | Groups that founded colonies in America to escape religious persecution in England. |
| Atlantic Slave Trade | "The buying, transporting, and selling of Africans for work in the Americas." |
| Middle Passage | The voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and later the Americas to be sold as slaves. |
| Columbian Exchange | "The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas." |
| Capitalism | Economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business in order to make a profit. |
| Mercantilism | Economic policy under which nations sought to increased wealth by selling more goods than they bought. |
